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Huntington's disease (HD), also known as Huntington's chorea, is an incurable neurodegenerative disease [7] that is mostly inherited. [8] The earliest symptoms are often subtle problems with mood or mental/psychiatric abilities. [9] [1] A general lack of coordination and an unsteady gait often follow. [2]
Huntington's disease is a neurodegenerative disease and most common inherited cause of chorea. The condition was formerly called Huntington's chorea but was renamed because of the important non-choreic features including cognitive decline and behavioural change.
Chorea-acanthocytosis (ChAc, also called choreoacanthocytosis) [1] is a rare hereditary disease--evidence suggests that only 500 to 1,000 people worldwide have the condition [2]. It is caused by a mutation in a gene that directs structural proteins in red blood cells .
Several pathogenetic mechanisms for chorea gravidarum have been offered, but none have been proven. History of either rheumatic fever or chorea is suspected: [2] [3] the suggestion is that estrogens and progesterone may sensitize dopamine receptors (presumably at a striatal level) and induce chorea in individuals who are vulnerable to this complication by virtue of preexisting pathology in the ...
The video has since been viewed 3 million times, and liked by more than 300,000 people. Speaking exclusively with PEOPLE, Leah shares that, after receiving her son Kai’s diagnosis, she called ...
In Season 3 (2002), Episode 6 ("Old Wounds") of the TV show The District, Nancy is diagnosed with Huntington's disease after falling from a fire escape and having a concussion while chasing a criminal. In Season 2 (2009), Episode 1 ("Gilted Lily") of the TV show In Plain Sight, Lily is laid out serenely on the bed. Her note says she found her ...
Hyperkinesia, more specifically chorea, is the hallmark symptom of Huntington's disease, formerly referred to as Huntington's chorea. Appropriately, chorea is derived from the Greek word, khoros, meaning "dance." The extent of the hyperkinesia exhibited in the disease can vary from solely the little finger to the entire body, resembling ...
How-ev-er (!!!), that all changed last night with the release of her “Disease” music video, just days after the new single dropped. Marking the start of a new era for her next album (for now ...